The Flying Scot (film)
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The Flying Scot is a 1957 British
crime film
directed by Compton Bennett
and starring Lee Patterson
, Kay Callard
and Alan Gifford
. A gang plan to rob a large number of banknotes from an express train
.
Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...
crime film
Crime film
Crime films are films which focus on the lives of criminals. The stylistic approach to a crime film varies from realistic portrayals of real-life criminal figures, to the far-fetched evil doings of imaginary arch-villains. Criminal acts are almost always glorified in these movies.- Plays and films...
directed by Compton Bennett
Compton Bennett
Herbert William "Bob" Compton Bennett , better known as Compton Bennett, was an English film director, writer and producer. He is perhaps best known for directing the 1945 film The Seventh Veil and the 1950 version of the film King Solomon's Mines, an adaptation of an Allan Quatermain...
and starring Lee Patterson
Lee Patterson
Lee Patterson was a Canadian film and television actor.After attending Ontario College of Art, Patterson moved to England, where he specialized in playing virile American types in British films...
, Kay Callard
Kay Callard
Kay Callard was a Canadian film and television actress.-Selected filmography:* Stolen Assignment * Reluctant Bride * Find the Lady * West of Suez * The Flying Scot...
and Alan Gifford
Alan Gifford
-Selected filmography:* The Kangaroo Kid * A Yank in Ermine * The Flying Scot * Visa to Canton * Town Without Pity * Carry on Cowboy * Only When I Larf * Phase Four...
. A gang plan to rob a large number of banknotes from an express train
Express train
Express trains are a form of rail service. Express trains make only a small number of stops, instead of stopping at every single station...
.
Cast
- Lee PattersonLee PattersonLee Patterson was a Canadian film and television actor.After attending Ontario College of Art, Patterson moved to England, where he specialized in playing virile American types in British films...
- Ronnie - Kay CallardKay CallardKay Callard was a Canadian film and television actress.-Selected filmography:* Stolen Assignment * Reluctant Bride * Find the Lady * West of Suez * The Flying Scot...
- Jackie - Alan GiffordAlan Gifford-Selected filmography:* The Kangaroo Kid * A Yank in Ermine * The Flying Scot * Visa to Canton * Town Without Pity * Carry on Cowboy * Only When I Larf * Phase Four...
- Phil - Gerald CaseGerald Case-Selected filmography:* Museum Mystery * The Lion Has Wings * In Which We Serve * Jean's Plan * Night Boat to Dublin * Horrors of the Black Museum * Vampyres * The Elephant Man...
- Guard - Jeremy Bodkin - Charlie, the boy
- Mark Baker - Gibbs
- Geoffrey Bodkin - Neat boy
- John Dearth - Father
- Kerry Jordan - Drunk
- John LeeJohn Lee- Politicians and government officials :*John Lee, Baron Lee of Trafford , former Minister and Conservative Member of Parliament for Pendle, 1979–1992...
- Young man - Patsy SmartPatsy SmartPatsy Smart was an English actress who is best remembered for her performance as Miss Roberts in the 1970s ITV television drama Upstairs, Downstairs....
- Mother - Margaret WithersMargaret Withers-Selected filmography:* Car of Dreams 1935)* Don't Take It to Heart * Great Day * The Upturned Glass * Blanche Fury * Esther Waters * That Dangerous Age * It's Not Cricket...
- Middle-aged lady - Margaret Gordon